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Topic: Every day, around 5AM... (Read 6338 times)

I notice that every day around 5am I cannot access this forum. I've had intermittent problems ever since the last change or update and posted about it before. Now, I note that it seems to be regularly around the same time every morning...say from 4AM to 6AM or thereabouts. I know it isn't my computer being busy doing other stuff because I can get into other forums, and have no problem with any other functions or sites. It's pretty frustrating and as far as I can see from responses on the other thread, there is no logical reason for it. I don't think I am the only one having this problem, either. It would be nice if it could be resolved. It does seem directly related to the big change that was made a couple of months ago.

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I've never knitted anything I could recognize when it was finished. Actually, I've never finished anything, much to my family's relief.

My trouble getting on has been since before the changes. It happens about 7:30 AM, then noon, then about 6:30 PM.

I always assumed that more people are using the forum at these times. When we first got the internet, it was through the school system and it was especially slow during the lunch hour and right after school when the kids were using the school computers the most. (Dialup in the mid 90's)

I was online this morning then at 4:52 I tried to post a reply to something and it was no go. I went out and then back in and I couldn't even get on the site. If it is maintenence I'd like to know so I would understand why it is happening.

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I've never knitted anything I could recognize when it was finished. Actually, I've never finished anything, much to my family's relief.

I'd love to know too. If it's a set standard time then I could make a note to check ehell again in X hours or whatever. I notice it early afternoon (EST) for me, but I'm not sure how long it normally lasts.

Mine is usually around 9pm Australian EST, with leeway of an hour either way. It is often around that time that I can access the main site's post for the next day so I assumed it was a maintenance thing as well.

If it happens in the middle of the night, 3am EST, it's the server database getting backed up. If it happens in the early morning, about 8:30 am EST, it's just that everyone is waking up, getting to work, firing up their computers and logging into Ehell all at the same time.